IGT 05/29 - Mets @ Dodgers

[Edgy MD]

A person who misses half a season because he lost a leg is probably a poorer bet to perform than a person who misse shalf a season to train and serve stateside with the Marines. A person who misses have a season because he got shot in the head is a poorer bet to perform than a person who misses half a season because of a prior commitment to play Premier League Soccer/Football.



I didn't support the trade either. There is plenty to dislike about it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: A person who misses half a season because he lost a leg is probably a poorer bet to perform than a person who misses half a season to train and serve stateside with the Marines. A person who misses have a season because he got shot in the head is a poorer bet to perform than a person who misses half a season because of a prior commitment to play Premier League Soccer/Football.

All of this is probably true. But none of it disproves the idea that a half season lost, even if not injury related, might bring about or hasten the decline of a returning 36 year old veteran.



Did Cano go off to serve in the Marines? Just askin'.

[Edgy MD]

No, you're not. And I'm not trying to prove or disprove anything. I'm just trying to work from facts and reason.



Canó was already the slowest secondbaseman in the league, and that feeds into declines in most secondary facets of his game, and we've seen that already. If that's the fact, he better be hitting like an MVP to make the trade worth it, in my book. And while he was still perfectly good 35-year-old hitter in the games he did play, an MVP he was not.



And even, then, Roberto Alomar hit like and MVP the year before he became a Met, but his first season with the Mets, he hit like a sucker. And with him too old use to defense or baserunning as weapons, he was a bench player that the Mets were using full time.



Canó could probably be a perfectly good complimentary player or part-timer, but at that salary, for those years, and looking to him to play every day, bat third, and show value until he's 41, is probably not the safest bet.There's certainly some factors on the other side of the equation, but not enough to make me celebrate that deal.